Summary:
The M9 Mac mini Pod is an external disk drive enclosure, which also has a built in port replicator. It was created specifically to complement the Apple Mac mini and features a specially designed passive cooling system, ideal for multi-media users and quiet working environments.

The M9-DX's list of features include a USB 2.0 High-Speed 3-Port Hub, Firewire 1394a 3-Port Repeater/Hub, a switch for Firewire or USB hard disk modes, smart interactive cooling system with thermal probe automatically regulating fan speed, massive passive heat sink to radiate heat away from hard drive, smart power switch will power up and down the M9 in tandem with your Mac Mini, and a special micro security slot designed to allow the M9 to be anchored to a desk. The M9-LX includes the same features as the M9-DX minus the Firewire ports and connectivity. [List Price: NA]

I'm very happy with miniStack thus far. The only real noise comes from my drive when its accessing but its not excessive. Seemed like the unit was running pretty warm last night when I first set it up but with regular use this afternoon its not much warmer than the Mini. I'm not too concerned. I think the real test is when I use it for DVD burning. Then we'll see how warm it gets. _________________2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB RAM
miniStack 500GB
Dell 1905FP
Logitech Wave Cordless Desktop

I don't really notice the fan coming on much at all tonight although I'm currently booted off of my internal drive. I have run some applications off of the external just for fun and I might have noticed the fan once every few minutes for brief periods of time. Last night when I was performing the SuperDuper copy it seemed like the fan was running continuously._________________2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB RAM
miniStack 500GB
Dell 1905FP
Logitech Wave Cordless Desktop

If you want to stress test it download an HD-quality Quicktime video from Apple's website and play that looped on the external. I think that should do perfectly for seeing how the heat is when you're constantly running the drive._________________Computer Engineer
Junior, Brown University
15" NC8430 HP Laptop
1.42Ghz PPC Mac Mini, 1Gb RAM, 1st Gen
40GB G4 iPod
2GB Black iPod Nano

It's $99.95 for the empty enclosure where you have to provide the 3.5" hard drive. It works up from there for the different sized; see the link for prices._________________Computer Engineer
Junior, Brown University
15" NC8430 HP Laptop
1.42Ghz PPC Mac Mini, 1Gb RAM, 1st Gen
40GB G4 iPod
2GB Black iPod Nano

Is the ministack v2 a rebadged M9-DX + extra side ports? I've been reading the Newertechnologies' ministack v2 website and they offer a unit with a 750GB Seagate Baraccuda 7200.10 IDE drive even if Macpower says we cant use a any Seagate drive bigger than 160GB. I made some comparison with my 320GB Seagate Baraccuda 7200.10 IDE drive with older & smaller capacity Seagate models and they're as long. Other brands like Fujitsu, Samsung and Maxtor are shorter. So anyone having problems using a Seagate inside a M9 or ministack?